Propaganda Won’t Make the Iran Deal Any Better

American Thinker ^ | December 10, 2016 | Amir Basiri

[Kaslin]

Following the election of Republican candidate Donald Trump as the 45th President of the United States, Iran, its lobbies and its economic partners are weighing in and trying to hedge the windfall earnings of an eight-year-long rapprochement campaign against a possible shake-up of U.S. foreign policy.

And they’ve taken to mainstream U.S. media, making their case through lopsided reports and op-eds that misrepresent the nuclear deal signed with Iran or to defame Iran appeasement critics who will likely find their way into president-elect Trump’s cabinet.

But the disasters of the nuclear deal and the broader appeasement policy toward Iran are just too harsh to be covered up through dishonest journalism.

A New York Times report that appeared a few days after the elections cited “76 national security experts” urging Trump to reverse his hostility toward Iran, claiming “the nuclear agreement has reduced the threat of war in the Middle East.”

The truth, however, is that post-JCPOA, turmoil and chaos in the Middle East has only escalated, which is in no small amount due to the economic incentives that are allowing Iran’s Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) to pursue its expansionist agenda in the region.

Testament to the fact is the tragic situation in Syria’s Aleppo, increasing sectarian violence in Iraq, and more hostility and clashes in Yemen and the waters off its coast.

A CNN polemic penned by a renowned Iran lobbyist picks up the same argument and suggests that Iran can play a key role in defeating ISIS, and that Trump should “build on the Iran nuclear deal to resolve remaining tensions with Iran and help stabilize the Middle East.”

[EagleUSA]

Iran wants power, not peace. All I can see is fake news, the likely laundering of huge sums of American money, and the ongoing feeding of terrorism across the Middle East along with the fueling of Iran’s nuclear weapons capability.

Obama is taking care of his friends...padding the nest for the future.

[mazda77]

Last paragraph;

[snip] Regardless what President Trump does with the Iran deal, he had it right when he called it a foreign policy disaster. And that is something that no amount of fake news and propaganda will change.
[snip]

Spot on!